Attached cuff for shirts.



c. M. WALKER.

ATTACHED CUFF FOR SHIRTS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.23.1915.

1,1, 59AQ Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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CYRUS M. WALKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ATTACHED CUFF FOR SHIRTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Application filed February 23, 1915. Serial N 0. 9,926.

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, Craps M. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attached Cuffs for Shirts: and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cuffs for shirts, and has for its principal object to provide a double cuff which is so arranged and at tached to a shirt sleeve that one of the cuff members may be removed when worn without damaging the other cuff, and thereby lengthen the life of the shirt of'which the cuff forms a part. In accomplishing this object I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred *form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein:

Figure I is a detail view of a part of a shirt sleeve, showing my improved double cuff, with the outer cufl' partially separated from the inner one to better illustrate their combination. Fig. II is a planview of the outer cuff blank. Fig. III is a similar view of the inner cuff and a part of the shirt sleeve. Fig. IV is an enlarged sectional view of the double cuff and a part of the shirt sleeve, showing the outer cufi separated from the inner or: and prior to its attachment thereto. Fig. V is a similar view of a modified form wherein the outer cuff is formed in two pieces and stitched to the shirt sleeve and along the outer edge of the inner end.

' Fig. VI is an enlarged cross-section of the double cuff through a buttonhole, indicating 45 the stitching of the buttonhole of the outer cuff member Within the larger buttonhole of the inner cuff. v

Referring more in detail to the parts:

1 designates a shirt sleeve having the wrist opening 2 and terminating in an attached cuff 3 of ordinary construction, except that the buttonhole 4 may be slightly larger than the ordinary buttonhole. Overlying the cuff 3 is an outer cuff 5, preferably formed in a single piece of material and folded along its longitudinal center to form an outer cu f edge 6 and inner and outer plies 78 which he along the inner and outer faces of the cuff 3, with the free edge of the piece at the inner edge of the cuff 3. With this construction the free edges of the outer cuff member are stitched to the inner cuff or to the shirt sleeve and along'the edges of the mner cuff in order to form a unit therewith; it being apparent that when the parts are assembled in this manner and laundried the cuff will present the ordinary appearance and will not disclose thefact that it is of this special construction.

The outer cufi 5 is provided with buttonholes 10 which are smaller than the buttonholes 4 in the inner cuff 3 and are adapted to overlie the latter, so that the edges of the buttonholes on theinner and outer plies of the outer cuff member may be stitched together through the buttonholes at of the inner cuff without touching the material of the inner cuff or marring the same.

While I have described the preferred form of construction as comprising the outer cuff formed in a single piece and folded as described, it is apparent that the outer cuff member may be formed in separate pieces that may be laid'along inner and outer faces of the inner cuff and stitched along its longitudinal edge to inclose the inner member without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

In using the device, presuming the parts to be constructed and assembled as described,

the shirt is worn in the ordinary manner until the outer cuff has become worn or frayed. When the cuff reaches this condition the outer cuff member is removed by cutting the stitches that attach it to the inner cufi member or to the body of the sleeve, and cutting the buttonhole stitches that run through the larger buttonhole of the inner cuff member. The outer cuff may then be removed to expose the inner cufi" member, which, being of the ordinary construction, will give the usual appearance to the shirt.

It is apparent that with this improvement the life of a shirt may be practically doubled, as it is unnecessary to destroy the entire shirt when the first cuff has become unfit for use.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure members lying on opposite sides of the first named cuff, 'and having buttonholes, with the edges of the buttonholes in the supplemental cuff stitched together through the buttonhole of the first named cuff and independently of the latter.

2. The combination with a cufi having a finished buttonhole, of a supplemental cufii' comprising members lying on opposite sides of the first named culf, and having buttonholes smaller than the buttonhole in the first named cuff, and with the edges thereof tonhole; the edges of the smaller buttonholes being stitched together through the 15 finished. buttonhole to finish the buttonhole in the supplemental cuff independently of the buttonhole in the first named cuff.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- CYRUS ML WALKER. Witnesses:

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